Download or read book A Peep Through the Hazarduary Palace of Murshidabad written by Biswanath Roy and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 0n the history and architecture of a nineteenth century palace of the Nawab of Murshidabad, India, with brief biographies of its occupants until 1963.

Download or read book Architecture in Victorian and Edwardian India written by Christopher W. London and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.

Download or read book Art and culture of west Bengal written by Sahanawaz Hussain and published by Crown publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book ART AND CULTURE OF WEST BENGAL by Sahanawaz Hussain highlights the different culture of west Bengal. The state west Bengal has a diverse culture. Author Sahanawaz Hussain highlights all the culture of different district of west Bengal starting from North Bengal to South Bengal. West Bengal boasts a rich literary and cultural heritage with evidenced by authors like Rabindranath Tagore,folk music like baul,Gambhira as well as Najrul Geeti,Rabindra Sangeet. West Bengal is the home of a thriving cinema industry dubbed Tollywood.throughout the year many festivals are celebrated in bengal. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOOK:- Art & Culture (Literature) The Bengali language boasts a rich literary heritage, shared with neighbouring Bangladesh. West Bengal has a long tradition in folk literature, evidenced by the Charyapada, Mangalkavya, Shreekrishna Kirtana, ThakurmarJhuli, and stories related to Gopal Bhar. In the nineteenth and twentieth century, Bengali literature was modernized in the works of authors such as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Jibananda Das and Manik Bandyopadhyay. In modern times Jibanananda Das, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Manik Bandopadhyay, Ashapurna Devi, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Buddhadeb Guha, Mahashweta Devi, Samaresh Majumdar, Sanjeev Chattopadhyay and Sunil Gangopadhyay among others are well known. (Music and Dance) The Baul tradition is a unique heritage of Bengali folk music, which has also been influenced by regional music traditions. Other folk music forms include Gombhira and Bhawaiya. Folk music in West Bengal is often accompanied by the ektara, a one-stringed instrument. West Bengal also has an heritage in North Indian classical music. Rabindrasangeet, songs composed and set into tune by Rabindranath Tagore and Nazrul geeti (by Kazi Nazrul Islam) are popular. Also prominent are other musical forms like Dwijendralal, Atulprasad and Rajanikanta's songs, and adhunik or modern music from films and other composers. From the early 1990s, there has been an emergence and popularisation of new genres of music, including fusions of Baul and Jazz by several Bangla bands, as well as the emergence of what has been called Jeebonmukhi Gaan (a modern genre based on realism). Bengali dance forms draw from folk traditions, especially those of the tribal groups, as well as the broader Indian dance traditions. Chau dance of Purulia is a rare form of mask dance. State is known for Bengali folk music such as baul and kirtans and gajan, and modern songs including Bengali adhunik songs. (Films) The state is home to a thriving cinema industry, dubbed Tollywood. Tollygunj in Kolkata is the location of numerous Bengali movie studios, and the name Tollywood (similar to Hollywood and Bollywood) is derived from that name. The Bengali film industry is well known for all kind of films, and has produced acclaimed directors like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha and Ritwik Ghatak. Prominent contemporary directors include Buddhadev Dasgupta, Goutam Ghose, Aparna Sen and Rituparno Ghosh.It has also produced famous film personalities like Uttam Kumar,Soumitra Chatterjee,Suchitra Sen,Kanon Devi,Kishore Kumar and many more. (Fine Arts) Bengal had been the harbinger of modernism in fine arts. Abanindranath Tagore, called the father of Modern Indian Art had started the Bengal School of Art which was to create styles of art outside the European realist tradition which was taught in art colleges under the colonial administration of the British Government. The movement had many adherents like Gaganendranath Tagore, RamkinkarBaij, Jamini Roy and Rabindranath Tagore. After Indian Independence, important groups like the Calcutta Group and the Society of Contemporary Artists were formed in Bengal which dominated the art scene in India. (Reformist Heritage) The capital, Kolkata, was the workplace of several social reformers, like Raja Ram Mohan Ray, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, and Swami Vivekananda. These social reforms have eventually led to a cultural atmosphere where practices like sati, dowry, and caste-based discrimination or untouchability, the evils that crept into the Hindu society, were abolished. (Costumes) Bengali women commonly wear the shaŗi , often distinctly designed according to local cultural customs. In urban areas, many women and men wear Western attire. Among men, western dressing has greater acceptance. Men also wear traditional costumes such as the panjabi with dhuti, often on cultural occasions. (Festivals) Durga Puja in October is the most popular festival in the West Bengal. Poila Baishakhthe Bengali New Year, Rathayatra, Dolyatra or Basanta-Utsab, Nobanno, Poush Parbon (festival of Poush), Kali Puja, SaraswatiPuja, LaxmiPuja, Christmas, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha and Muharram are other major festivals.

Download or read book Shurjo s Clan written by Iffat Nawaz and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the hours of daylight, young Shurjomukhi's family is like any other in Dhaka, going through the motions of school, work, and domesticity in a nation still in the flush of youth. But every night, once darkness falls over their asymmetrical house, they switch over to the Unknown world. Death does not exist in the Unknown side and the family is joined for dinner by Shurjo's freedom fighter uncles, who were martyred in the tea gardens of Sylhet at the start of the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war, and her grandmother who killed herself by jumping into a well in the aftermath of 1947. These dinners are festive affairs, replete with the joy of reunion, music and stories, but underneath the celebration, Shurjo's family is riddled with the traumas of their past: death, war, migration, separation, the inability to belong to a land, dwelling in an in-between space, an eternal limbo. And when the miasmic shadow of the past inevitably falls on young Shurjo, the pitfalls of their dual reality is laid bare. The only way forward is an upheaval that splits the family apart, flinging Shurjo and her parents to the other end of the world. Imaginative and compelling, Shurjo's Clan merges magical realism with a vivid historicity to paint an entirely contemporary portrait of how grief is inherited, how the traumas and memories of our ancestors continue to shape those who come long after. Spanning decades, from the forced migration of Bengalis to East Pakistan in 1947, through the 1971 liberation war, the wave of immigrants to the West in the 1980s, and a final return, Iffat Nawaz's lyrical and evocative prose marks the arrival of a distinctive voice, one that unravels questions of grief, belonging, identity, and family with delightful imaginativeness and devastating insight. With its mesmerising balance between inexplicable otherworldliness and undeniable reality, this debut novel asks, above all, how we can honour the past without letting its wounds destroy us.

Download or read book HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN INDIA written by Dr. R. Nandhini , Dr. R. Rajeshwari and published by Ashok Yakkaldevi. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legacy landmarks across the world are impacted by an assortment of physical and organic anxieties. Harm to legacy landmarks because of bugs and bugs is developing with expanding anthropogenic strain and changing climatic circumstances. Cave landmarks are natural surroundings to organisms, green growth, parasites, and bugs, and are extraordinary biodiversity locales because of their low temperature, almost no daylight, and high dampness conditions. This review checks out accessible data on significant variables that work with the development of bug bothers and debase legacy landmarks. Ajanta Caves, an UNESCO world legacy site in India, is a human wonder, significant archeological and legacy site of huge social and memorable qualities. The current paper is an endeavor to comprehend an assortment of stresses and factors with an emphasis on bug bothers that have significantly impacted Ajanta cave artworks over the most recent couple of many years. The concentrate likewise gives data on accessible ways to deal with harm control including the requirement for a coordinated bug bother the executives for safeguarding cave landmarks against quick corruption the nation over overall and Ajanta collapses specific. A light-based approach is the vital feature of the review that can be utilized as a powerful and productive way to deal with shield archeological destinations particularly cave compositions from bug bugs without upsetting the pollinator variety and general climate.

Download or read book Suralakshmi Villa written by Aruna Chakravarti and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suralakshmi Choudhury, a gynaecologist based in Delhi, falls in love at the age of thirty-one, marries and has a son. Suddenly, five years after his birth, she abandons everything including the house gifted to her by her father and her flourishing medical career, to travel to an obscure village in Bengal and open a free clinic for women and children. She leaves her son behind but takes along a poor Muslim girl, she has adopted. What makes her take this strange decision? Suralakshmi’s actions confound her relatives and it is from their accounts of the incidents, letters, memoirs, and flashbacks – from a more distant past – that the story comes together and the layers and nuances in the enigmatic character of Suralakshmi are brought to light. In Suralakshmi Villa, Aruna Chakravarti blends the narrative of the novel with history, legend, music, religion, folklore, rituals and culinary practices of both Hindus and Muslims, and creates a fascinating tapestry which reveals the syncretic nature of Bengal and her people.

Download or read book Murshidabad written by Neeta Das and published by Marg Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cultural portrait of the little-known about captital of Bengal, Murshidabad.

Download or read book Indian Archaeology written by Archæological Survey of India and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Last Prince of Bengal written by Lyn Innes and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nawab Nazim was born into one of India's most powerful royal families. Three times the size of Great Britain, his kingdom ranged from the soaring Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. However, the Nawab was seen as a threat by the British authorities, who forced him to abdicate in 1880 and permanently abolished his titles. The Nawab's change in fortune marked the end of an era in India and left his secret English family abandoned. The Last Prince of Bengal tells the true story of the Nawab Nazim and his family as they sought by turns to befriend, settle in and eventually escape Britain. From glamourous receptions with Queen Victoria to a scandalous Muslim marriage with an English chambermaid; and from Bengal tiger hunts to sheep farming in the harsh Australian outback, Lyn Innes recounts her ancestors' extraordinary journey from royalty to relative anonymity. This compelling account visits the extremes of British rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exposing complex prejudices regarding race, class and gender. It is the intimate story of one family and their place in defining moments of recent Indian, British and Australian history. 'I was captivated and surprised by this bitter-sweet history as it twists and turns down three generations, through many astonishing changes of fame and fortune, from a glittering Bengal palace to an Australian sheep farm. Lovingly researched and meticulously told, The Last Prince of Bengal is notable for its candid revelations of British colonial attitudes and hypocrisies across two centuries. A rich, delightful and unexpectedly thought-provoking saga.' -- Richard Holmes Lyn Innes explores her ancestors' history in moving detail, capturing the tragic story of the dethroned princes of Bengal who had to make their lives in foreign lands, marked forever by the harsh legacy of Empire.'-- Shrabani Basu, author of Victoria and Abdul: The Extraordinary True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

Download or read book India The North Forts Palaces the Himalaya Dream Trip written by Vanessa Betts and published by Footprint Travel Guides. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During your valuable holiday time you will want to experience the heart of India. Footprint’s Dream Trip India - The North: Forts, Palaces, the Himalaya will ensure you discover the very best this spirited destination has to offer as well as take you to some fantastic out-of-the-way places hand-picked by the authors. From exploring spectacular forts to taking in the wonder of the iconic Taj Mahal, this new guide is packed full of ideas, suggestions and expert advice and will help you design your own dream trip. • Packed with detailed information on where to go and what to do • A hand-picked selection of the very best places to stay and to eat • Full-colour trip-planning section featuring detailed itineraries and maps • Off-the-beaten track suggestions from the author • Compact, pocket-sized format so you can carry it with you • Written by a local expert offering you insider information Footprint’s carefully tailored information ensures that you get the most out of your dream trip.

Download or read book Towns and Cities of Medieval India written by Aniruddha Ray and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This much anticipated volume looks at the historical evolution of towns and cities in medieval India from the early thirteenth to the late eighteenth century. The selection is based on the availability of documents. These include the narratives of European travellers in English, French, Italian, Dutch, and German with the exception of Ibn Battuta in mid-fourteenth century and also Middle Bengali literature in case of towns in Bengal. While the coastal towns and cities have been looked at, the interior ones are also described on the basis of the writings of later historians and archaeologists. Care has been taken to explain the rise, growth and the decline of some towns and cities in which the changing courses of rivers had played a crucial role. Attempts have been made to search other factors responsible for such eventualities. The delineation of physical features within the city has been given due emphasis including the different quarters of the city and the manners and customs of the local population with reference to craft production and commercial links. The morphological differences between the cities of eastern and those of the western or northern India have also been described. This is clear from the observations of port towns described here. All these would show that India was one of the most urbanized area in the medieval period before advent of the British.

Download or read book Empire Building written by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire Building is a new account of the East India Company’s impact on India, focussing on how it changed the sub-continent’s built environment in the context of defence, urbanisation, and infrastructural development. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones examines these initiatives through a lens of ‘political building’ (using Indian contractors and labourers). Railways, docks, municipal buildings, freemasons’ lodges, hotels, race-courses, barracks, cemeteries, statues, canals–everything the British erected made a political statement, even if unconsciously; hence this book is concerned less with architectural styles, more with subtle infiltration into the minds of those who saw and used these structures. It assesses, in turn, Indian responses to the changing landscape. Indians often reacted favourably to new manufacturing technologies from Britain, like minting and gunpowder, while the British learnt from and adapted local methods. From military engineers and cartography to imported raw metals and steam power, Llewellyn-Jones considers the social and environmental changes wrought by colonialism. This period was marked by a shift from formerly private, Indian-controlled functions, like education, entertainment, trading and healing, to British public institutions like universities, theatres, chambers of commerce and hospitals. Stepping aside from ongoing colonialism debates, this is a fascinating account of India’s physical transformation during the Company period.

Download or read book Verses Woven from Memory s Loom written by Somsubhra Banerjee and published by Writersgram. This book was released on 2024-02-03 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Close your eyes, and inhale the scent of wildflowers. Feel the sun, warm and gentle, on your skin. This is the world you'll enter with "Verses Woven in Memory’s Loom," a poetry collection that paints portraits of nature's embrace, love's tender ache, and the echo of days gone by. Within these pages, you'll meet whispering pines that yearn for the touch of the sun, rivers that sing lullabies to moonlit skies, and fireflies that dance secrets to the stars. Prepare to have your heart touched by love poems that shimmer with vulnerability and passion, their verses laced with the bittersweet tang of nostalgia. But this collection isn't just about grand landscapes and soaring emotions. It also whispers of quiet magic, of forgotten trinkets imbued with whispers of lives lived, and of ordinary objects humming with unseen souls. A chipped teacup might cradle memories of laughter, a faded photograph holding the memories of a smile. "Verses Woven in Memory’s Loom" is a tapestry woven with the threads of experience, memory, and imagination. It's an invitation to slow down, to reconnect with the beauty that surrounds us, and to find poetry in the most unexpected corners. It's a book to keep close, to revisit on quiet mornings and starlit nights, a reminder that wonder lives in every breath, every touch, every fleeting moment. So open the cover, step into the whispering woods, and let the poems ignite your soul.

Download or read book India Today written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Footprint Focus Kolkata and West Bengal written by Vanessa Betts and published by Footprint Travel Guides. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brimming with information on the cultural corner of India, this Footprintfocus guide will take you from the hill station of Darjeeling to Sunderbans Tiger Reserve.

Download or read book Hari Smriti written by H. Sarkar and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haribishnu Sarkar, 1928-1987, Indian archaeologist; contributed articles.